It sounds like the opening to some kind of Dadaist joke — what does Highlander, a 1986 film about immortal warriors, have to do with innovation? The answer is: The movie’s most famous line about immortals, “There can be only one,” also applies to the number of true innovations a new product can have.
Innovation and the Highlander Principle
It sounds like the opening to some kind of Dadaist joke — what does Highlander, a 1986 film about immortal warriors, have to do with innovation? The answer is: The movie’s most famous line about immortals, “There can be only one,” also applies to the number of true innovations a new product can have. I […]
September 22, 2009
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